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a
: one that drinks
b
: a person who drinks alcoholic beverages especially to a notable degree
a heavy drinker
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Examples of drinker in a Sentence
I'm not much of a drinker.
Most of his friends are drinkers.
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Younger generations are opting for healthier choices and drinking less alcohol, and inflation has meant less disposable income among wine drinkers.
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Natasha Chen, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Yet the news has put a spotlight on American wines, a category long misunderstood by funk-forward natural-wine drinkers like me.
—Jessie Heyman, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025
Interestingly, higher coffee intake was linked to a lower risk of death—but only for morning coffee drinkers.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
On the other hand, drinkers who stopped drinking during the study saw the opposite effect: Upon giving up booze, their bad cholesterol went up and their good cholesterol went down.
—Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
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Natasha Chen, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Yet the news has put a spotlight on American wines, a category long misunderstood by funk-forward natural-wine drinkers like me.
—Jessie Heyman, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025
Interestingly, higher coffee intake was linked to a lower risk of death—but only for morning coffee drinkers.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
On the other hand, drinkers who stopped drinking during the study saw the opposite effect: Upon giving up booze, their bad cholesterol went up and their good cholesterol went down.
—Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for drinker
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“Drinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drinker. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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